NATURE STUDIES.
HIS LIFE NOT HARD
FIRST THOUGHT FOR OTHERS
RAILROAD BRAKEMAN CONTENT
ED WITH HIS LOT.
Th Phunnibeak Bird Hello, who
are you?
The Other Bird Don't you know
me? "Why. rm "The harp that once
through Tara's Halls."
The Phunnibeak Bird (shortly) Oh.
tut; tut! You're a lyre! That" what
you are.
The Marital Grasshopper.
What is a grasshopper? The latest
definition comes from western Aus
tralia. Domestic servants are almost
unprocurable there, and wives hare to
do nearly all their own household
work. The consequence is that they
are compelled torecuperate at the sea
aide in summer. Ju their absence the
husbands have to prepare their own
meals and do domestic duty generally.
Husbands so engaged have come to be
locally known as "grasshoppers." Xo
doubt the word is the husband of the
more familiar "grass widow." Lon
don Chronicle.
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
bidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou
ble can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Earth and the Moon.
That the earth must shine on the
moon even as the moon shines on the
earth is obvious. To detect this light
from the earth on the lunar surface
and scientifically prove its existence
is another matter. It is interesting to
find that a recent number of a French
astronomical paper contains two pho
tographs of parts of the moon illum
inated by earth light. They were
taken by M. Quenisset at the Juvisy
observatory.
No Romance About It.
The stricken man constantly moaned
the name of the young woman who
bad Jilted him.
"Tell her." he said to the medical
man. "that her cruelty killed me. Tell
her I am dying from a broken heart.'
The medical man shook his head.
"Aw, go on." he said. "That would
be shamelessly unprofessional. Tour
heart's all right It's your liver that's
the trouble."
Starch, like everything else. Is be
ing constantly Improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 yetrs
ago are very different and Inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discoveryDefiance Starch all
Injurious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another Ingredient. In
vented by us. gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap
proached by other brands.
Nobleman, Probably.
Howell I see that the heiress has
put her money Into the lumber busi
ness.
Powell That so?
Howell Tea, she has married
wooden man.
Criticism should never exasperate
us; on the contrary. It should bene
fit us, and even occasionally amuse
us. Max O'ReU.
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rmjs ta hit-heat arte for
Hours of Sleep Put In While on Duty,
and Seldom Is the Time of Slum
ber Occupied at Home.
"I have slept In my own home only
once in the last year," said the brake-
man of a passen
ger train which
carries c o m m u -ters
chiefly, "and
that was only be
cause 1 was trans
ferred to another
run for a few
days to substitute
for a man who
had to testify in a
damage suit. It seemed very odd in
deed sleeping at home."
Where do you usually sleep?" was
the natural question.
In the cars, of course." said the
brakeman. "Most of us who work on
the trains that take care of the sub
Urban travel do all our sleeping on
the Job, on the company's time, mind
you. and we have nearly half of every
24 hours free for full, wide-awake en
joyment of our homes."
"Then you are not of the opinion
that your lot in life is hard?" asked
his listener.
"Not on your life," said the brake-
man. "I might kick on the pay, but I
have no kick coming as to hours.
Now, take my regular Job.
I live in Jersey City. I have to re
port for duty a little before eight in
the evening in time to get the lights
on in my train, which starts out about
line, to the limit of strictly suburban
travel, arriving at 9:23. We start
back at 11:09.
"There's a good hour and three-
quarters to loaf, and we all get a pre
liminary nap. It comes easy when
you get In the habit, and as far as I
can see. a railroader can sleep any
where and under any conditions if
he's a mind to.
We get back to Jersey City at
13:23. and then we get our regular
sleep, a good stretch of nearly four
hours, for we don't start out again
until 4:15. We keep blankets and pil
lows In the baggage car. Ton may
not have noticed it, but the backs of
the seats in the smoking car lift out,
and on two seats we can make a very
comfortable bed.
Noisy? Well, the shrieking of lo
comotives and the rattle of cars over
switches seem to affect us as much
as the croaking of the frogs and the
singing of the tree toads affect the
dweller In the country. We get a
good, sound sleep of at least three
hours, and sometimes more.
Once in a while the passengers by
the early morning train surprise us at
our toilet, and I have to hustle to get
the tall-lights on and the car lamps
lit before the train pulls out. We go
25 miles out on this morning trip, and
there's a wait of about an hour and
a half before we start in again.
"In that wait we round out our
night's sleep and quit work, when we
reach Jersey City at about eight, in
fine shape for a long day of anything
that suits us. Of course most of us
work in a nap before we start out
again that night, but practically the
whole day is ours.
"Two round trips of 50 or 60 miles
each makes a day's work, and not a
very hard day either. In fact I rarely
take a day off, for I have all the
leisure otherwise that I care for.
"Even the men who have day runs
get in a good lick of sleep on the
waits they have. If you must be a
brakeman give me a pair of suburban
runs cut up as mine are. Deliver me
from freight trains; that's all I ask.
I tried freighting for a year, and
dont want any. more of it. It's all
work and no sleep." New York Sun.
Splendid Act of Locomotive Engineer
in Saving the Lives Entrusted
to Him.
"That part of the old Marietta ana
Cincinnati railroad lying between
Athens and the Ohio river was form
erly made famous by the number oi
its long and high trestle bridges,
says an old railroader. "At one time
the railroad was in financial straits
and many of the employes were un
paid. Some of the men were des
perate, and, as the fact proved, dan
gerous. On a certain evening a train
was approaching one of these trestle
bridges. It was known that the di
rectors of the road were aboard, and
some villain determined to throw the
entire train from the bridge.
"The engineer, letting his train pro
ceed at the usual rate of speed, sud
denly discovered that a rail had been
displaced on the bridge. He seemed
to know instinctively that the momen
tum was too great to save the whole
train and he signaled the brakes down
and reversed his engine to stop, if
possible, tie coaches before they
reached the chasm. Then, opening
the throttle valve, his engine sprang
forward so violently as to break the
connection with the train, and dashed
to the awful leap. The bold man, as
this was going on, ran out of his win
dow on the engine and opened the es
cape valve.
"While standing there the engine
went over with him. Marvelous to re
late, he, falling under the great
weight, was preserved by the engine
bell at his side. The train, for the
rescue of which he had exhibited such
indomitable courage, stopped Just
soon enough to escape the horrible
leap after the engine. This man re
covered from his hurts and was for
years an honored employe of the. company."
Good Emergency Brake. "
An English railroad official at Bur-ton-upon-Trent
has devised an emer
gency rail groove brake, which has
been used with great success on the
municipal line of which he is an em
ploye. This is an emergency mechan
ical brake additional to and entirely
independent of any other equipment
on the car. It is instantaneous in ac
tion and has no graduations; when
applied it must be at maximum brak
ing effort. No expenditure of power
or sand is required for its applica
tion: A malleable iron bracket is at
tached to the track frame, inside the
wheel base and close to coach wheel
flange. This bracket supports through
compression spring and pair of
links, a malleable iron block carry
ing a renewable manganese steel skid
shoe of a shape to conform to the rail
groove. The brake is held away
from the track by a steel wire or
cable, so that when this is released
the compressed spring forces the skid
bar into the groove. The brake block
also engages the wheel flange and is
forced downward with additional pres
sure. Only the brakes on the rear
wheels are released.
Remarkable Wooden Bridge
A wooden bridge 119 feet high over
New Found Creek, in Jefferson coun-
ty, Ala, is one of the engineering
curiosities of the present day. Only
one other wooden bridge in the world
is taller than it.
The bridge Is in daily use by the
trains of a branch of the Louisville
and Nashville. It Invariably excites
comment from all who see it. and
civil engineers are especially inter
ested in the peculiar structure, so tall
and yet so stanch and trim.
This bridge is on the Cane Creek
branch of the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad and bridges New Pound
Creek. It is approached in each di
rection by a 3 per cent grade. There
is no other sign of man's handiwork
in sight than this wonderfully impres
sive wooden structure, its immense
wooden beams accentuating its mas-
siveness. '
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Mechanical Stoker.
The great increase which has taken
place of late years in the size of loco
motives, has added greatly to the la
bors of the fireman. This has led to
much experimental work in an effort
to produce a good mechanical stoker.
The Chicago & Alton railroad has
formally adopted the Strause stoker,
with which they are equipping all
their heavy freight and passenger lo
comotives. Coal is thrown into a bin,
from which it is delivered to different
parts of the grate by varying the
speed of a plunger, which is con
trolled by a starting lever. The ad
vantages are that air admission is
controlled; small amounts of coal are
fed at frequeut intervals, and larger
nozzles may be used and back pres
sure reduced. The results will be
closely watched by the railroad com
panies. Scientific American.
Saves Time and Money. -
The system of building embank
ments, by running trains of loaded
cars on rails hung from a suspension
cable above the line of the embank
ment, is being used with great suc
cess, notably i n a long and high em
bankment on the Lake Hopatcong
cutoff of the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western railroad. Two cables
are strung from a fixed to a movable
tower, and suspenders from the cables
are attached to the floor beams of
portable track, which is carried for
ward ahead of the completed
bankment a sufficient distance to al
low a train of dump cars to be run
upon it. and emptied through it. The
new method is more speedy and costs
less than the old system of building
a trestle and burying it in the em
bankment. Scientific American.
Engineer's Great Record.
When Joseph M. Alexander, for
more than 50 years a locomotive engi
neer on the Boston & Albany road,
retired from active service a few
weeks ago be left behind him a rec
ord which is said to have no parallel
in the annals of railroad operation.
In the whole period of half a century
he never received a reprimand or
black mark, no error was ever charged
against him. and no human life was
ever destroyed by an engine driven by
him. He never reported late for duty,
in one period of 14 years he worked
seven days a week without a break,
and In many instances he was at the
throttle 45 working days in a single
month. The distance he covered on
the rails was ten times that between
the earth and the moon.
Her Baby in a "Telescope."
A tiny baby slept peacefully in
small "telescope" at the Union depot
yesterday afternoon. It was a new
method of caring for a child on
long journey. The mother. Mrs. Mar
tha Johnson of Kokomo, Ind, ex
plained that she was going to Los
Angeles, and found this method saved
trouble in caring for the baby.
"L have been around the depot 18
years," George Henry, passenger di
rector, said, "and I have seen babies
carried about in all sorts of convey
ances. I noticed how the Indians
carry their children, but this is the
first time I ever saw a child toted'
about in a suitcase." Kansas City
Star.
Individual Drinking Cups.
On its through trains one of the
eastern railroads has installed a sani
tary system of supplying water to pas
sengers. In every car a slot machine
is installed, which supplied paraffin
drinking cups for one cent apiece. The
passenger uses this paraffin' vessel
and throws it away after use.
Save the Babies.
INFANT MORTALITY is something frightfal. We can hardly realize thst cf .
all the children born in civilized countries, twentytwo per cent, or nearly
one-quarter, die before they reach, one year; tMrtyseven per cent, cr more
than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before they are fifteen!
We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would sare a mar
jority of these precious lives. . Neither do we hesitate to say that many of thes3
infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctnre3 '
and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain mare or lea qpinm, cr
morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity
they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Castoria
operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of
Ghas. XL Fletcher. Castoria causesthe bloodjto circulate properly, opens tha
pores of the skin and allays fever.
Letters from Prominent Physicians
addressed to Chas. II. Fletcher.
Dr. A. F. Peeler, of St. Louis; Vol, says: "I have prescribed your Castoria
fa many cases and bare always found It an efficient and speedy remedy.
Dr. E. Down, of Philadelphia, Pa, says: 1 have prescribed your Caav
toria in my practice for many- years with great sat Wart Ion to myself i
enet to my patienta."
Dr. Edward Parrish, of Brooklyn, N- Y, says: "I have used your 1
toria In xay own household with good results, and have advised several
patients to use it for its mild laxative effect and freedom from harm."
Dr. J. B. Elliott, ct New York City, says: "Having daring tha past sfx
years prescribed your Castoria for infantile stomach, disorders, I most
liearUly commend li3 use. The formula contains not. Ins deleterlooa
to the most delicate of children.'"
Dr. C G. Spracne, of Omaha, Ken, says: "Your Castoria la as Ideal
medicine for children! and I frequently prescribe It. "While I do not advo
cate the indiscriminate nse of proprietary medicines, yet Castor! is aaw
exception for conditions which arise In the care of children."
Dr. J. A. Farter, of Kansas City, 21a, says: "Your Castoria. balds lbs
esteem of the medical profession in a ipswner held by no other propria
tary preparation. It i3 a sure and reliable medicine for t"-n and chil
dren. In fact, it is the -universal household remedy for infamta ailmeatxT
Dr. H. F. llerrni, cf Acsnsta, Ha, says: "Castoria Is one of the vry
finest and most remarkable remedies for Infants and children. In my;
opinion your Castoria bos saved thousands from an early grave, I ezsv
furnish hundreds of testimonials from this locality: as to fia eOdeaey
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Leave It to Him.
A Wichita man was fussing because
of his aching teeth. "Why don't you
go to a dentist?" asked one of his
friends.
"Oh, I haven't got the nerve," was
the reply.
"Never mind that," replied the
friend, "the dentist will find the nerve
all right." Kansas City JorunaL
Like an Hour Glass.
Nelle Is that fellow of yours ever
going to get up the courage to pro
pose? Belle I guess not he's like an
hour glass.
Nelle An hour glass?
Belle Yes; the more time he gets
the less sand he has. Cleveland
Leader.
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Skill to 'do comes of doing, knowl
edge comes by eyes always open and
working hands, and there is no knowl
edge that is not power. Emerson.
'A household once supplied with Ham
Ens Wizard Oil is seldom allowed to be
without it. In case of sudden mishap or
accident Wizard Oil takes the place of
the family doctor. Are you supp led?
Men owe their resolution, and most
of their success, to the opposition they
meet with. Renan.
Mrs. Wtnatow". Soothlna; Syrnp.
Far children teething, aoftena the guna, reduce, to
. h di.j,r.tiilr.-.whj ascabottia.
It is always the open season for
killing time with some people.
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